Friday, January 19, 2007

VIP visit

New Secretary of State Jay Dardenne will be out and about here Feb. 13.

He’ll speak to school children at Louisiana State Exhibit Museum and to Shreveport Rotary Club.

At 1:30 p.m., he will swear in the new community governing board at Spring Street Historical Museum. It was originally founded by the Shreveport Committee of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America as a Bicentennial gift to the City of Shreveport.

Last year, it was accepted into the Secretary of State’s museum system and is now a state-run facility, said official Susan Hardtner. (The state absorbs operational costs, including salary, said an earlier Times story.)

"We are transferring the building to the state," said Hardtner, a member of the new board.

The museum’s collection remains in possession of Shreveport Committee of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, she said.